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EDUCATION

1985 : B.S. (magna cum laude), Department of Geography, The University of Georgia
1988 : M.A., Department of Geography, The University of Georgia
1995 : Ph.D., Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona (Minor: Fire Ecology)

THESIS TITLE
Tree rings of shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata Mill.) as indicators of past climatic variability in north central Georgia.

DISSERTATION TITLE
Tree-ring reconstructions of climate and fire history at El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico.

PRESENT POSITION
Associate Professor, Department of Geography, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2005-present

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

• Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2000-2005.
• Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Geosciences, Valdosta State University, 1997–2000.
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, The University of Arizona, 1995–1997.
• Graduate Research Associate, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, The University of Arizona, 1988–1995.
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, The University of Georgia, 1985–1987.
• Laboratory Coordinator, Department of Geography, The University of Georgia, 1986–1987.
• Computer Room Technician, Department of Geography, The University of Georgia, 1987–1988.
• Map Room Assistant, Map Collection, Science Library, The University of Georgia, 1988.
• Technical Assistant, Department of Geography, The University of Georgia, 1986–1987.
• Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Geography, The University of Georgia, 1986.

HONORS, AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS

• Outstanding Teaching Award, Department of Geography, 2008
• Team Excellence Award, Human Resources Department and Office of Disability Services,
  The University of Tennessee, 2008
• Leadership Award, 17th Annual North American Dendroecological Fieldweek, 2007
• Weather Channel's 100 Greatest Moments in Weather History, 2007
• Outstanding Service Award, Tree-Ring Society,
  7th International Conference on Dendrochronology, 2006
• Discover Magazine Top 100 Science Stories of 2005
• Service and Teaching Award, 15th Annual North American Dendroecological Fieldweek, 2005
• Chancellor's Award for Professional Promise in Research and Creative Achievement, 2005
• Outstanding Junior Research/Creative Achievement Award,
  College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tennessee, 2002–2003
• Best Research Presentation, Joint Fire Science Program Annual Meeting, 2003
• Outstanding Teaching Award, Department of Geography, 2001
• Who's Who in the World, 2001–2002
• Outstanding Professor Award, Environmental Geography Students,
  Valdosta State University, 2000
• Alton A. Lindsey Award for Research and Resource Stewardship,
  National Park Service and the National Parks and Conservation Association, 1998
• Who's Who in the West, 1998–1999
• International Science and Engineering Fair, Certificate of Appreciation, 1996
• USDA Forest Service, Certificate of Appreciation, 1995
• Discover Magazine Top 50 Science Stories of 1992
• Andrew E. Douglass Graduate Scholarship, The University of Arizona, Tucson, 1992
• Graduate College Summer Research Scholarship, The University of Arizona, Tucson, 1991
• Graduate Research Assistantship, The University of Arizona, Tucson, 1988–1995
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1988
• Graduate Teaching and Research Assistantships, The University of Georgia, Athens, 1985–1988
• Outstanding Teaching Assistant Nominee, The University of Georgia, Athens, 1987
• Graduated magna cum laude, 1985
• Gamma Theta Upsilon, International Geographical Honor Society, 1983
• Dean's List, The University of Georgia, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Association for Tree-Ring Research
• Association of American Geographers
• Ecological Society of America
• Society for Historical Archaeology
• Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers
• The Tree-Ring Society
• Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Geography 120, Introduction to Weather and Climate, University of Georgia, 1985–1987. Taught laboratory sections concerning weather properties and climate classification.
  
  
• Geography 121, Introduction to Landforms, University of Georgia, 1985–1987. Taught laboratory sections concerning basic landforms, including hydrology, geomorphology, and cartography.
  
  
• Geography 122, Introduction to Soils and Biogeography, University of Georgia, 1986. Taught laboratory sections concerning soil properties and analysis, vegetation dynamics, and biome classification.
  
  
• Geosciences 464/564, Introduction to Dendrochronology, University of Arizona, 1994. Taught basic concepts related to tree-ring dating, including field techniques and statistical analyses.
  
  
• Geography/Geology 1110, Introduction to Geohazards, Valdosta State University, 1998-2000. Supervised large classroom sessions and taught basic concepts of natural and human-caused hazards.
  
  
• Geography 1112, Introduction to Weather and Climate, Valdosta State University, 1997-2000. Supervised large classrooms and taught basic concepts of meteorology and climatology.
  
  
• Geography 1113, Introduction to Landforms, Valdosta State University, 1998-2000. Supervised large classrooms and taught basic concepts of geomorphology, hydrology, and geology.
  
  
• Geography 3150, Meteorology and Climatology, Valdosta State University, 1998. Taught upper-level undergraduate classes concerning in-depth analysis of weather and climate, including atmospheric circulation patterns, tropical cyclone activity, and topographic influences on weather.
  
  
• Geography 3800, Biogeography, Valdosta State University, 1998-2000. Taught upper-level undergraduate classes concerning biome classification, island biogeography, disturbance ecology, and field methods involved.
  
  
• Geography 4850, Capstone in Environmental Geography, Valdosta State University, 1998-2000. Taught upper-level senior exit class concerning philosophy in geography, the scientific method, and introduced students to famous geographers. Taught technical report writing.
  
  
• Geology 3710, Soils Geography, Valdosta State University, 1998-1999. Taught upper-level undergraduate level class topics concerning soil development, classification, and properties. Developed and supervised all laboratory sessions.
  
  
• Geography 131, Introduction to Weather and Climate, University of Tennessee, 2000-2007. Supervised large classroom of 135+ undergraduate students, taught basic concepts of meteorology and climatology, oversaw and supervised teaching assistants.
  
  
• Geography 132, Introduction to Landforms, University of Tennessee, 2001-2003. Supervised large classroom of 135+ undergraduate students, taught basic concepts of geomorphology, hydrology, and geology, oversaw and supervised teaching assistants.
  
  
• Geography 415, Quantitative Methods in Geography, University of Tennessee, 2001-2006. Taught required undergraduate/graduate level class topics concerning basic concepts of statistical analyses applied to geographic data sets and problems.
  
  
• Geography 432, Introduction to Dendrochronology, University of Tennessee, 2001-2007. Taught graduate level class that covered topics concerning basic concepts related to tree-ring dating, including field techniques and statistical analyses.
  
  
• Geography 495, Introduction to Natural Hazards, University of Tennessee, 2004-2006. Instructed upper level and graduate level students about natural hazards, such as hurricanes, climate change, mass movements, volcanism, and earthquakes.
  
  
• Geography 495, Introduction to World Soils, University of Tennessee, 2005. Taught basic principles of soil formation, soil genesis, soil classification schemes, and locations of world soil orders to both undergraduate and graduate students.
  
  
• Geography 501, Colloquium in Geography, University of Tennessee, 2001 and 2008. Organized lectures from invited speakers for the departmental faculty and graduate students.
   
• Geography 533, Topics in Dendrochronology, 2008. Taught graduate level class to students in Geography, Forestry, and Anthropology special topics on reconstructing both climate and fire history from tree rings.
  
  
• Geography 632, Seminar in Dendrochronology, University of Tennessee, 2002-2008. Taught graduate level class that covered more advanced topics in tree-ring dating via open discussions, assigned readings, and organized laboratory sessions.
  

FUNDED GRANTS

• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Thomas W. Swetnam, and Lisa J. Graumlich
  Dendroecology on Mt. Graham: Development of tree-ring and fire chronologies for the Pinaleño Mountains. Funded by Arizona Game and Fish, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S.D.A. Forest Service, May 1991–February 1992. Total: $4,048.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer and Thomas W. Swetnam
  Dendrochronology and paleoenvironmental studies in El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico. Funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, May 1991–December 1993. $19,667.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Christopher H. Baisan, and Thomas W. Swetnam
  Fire, climate, and stand history of the mixed-conifer/spruce-fir forests of Mt. Graham. Funded by Arizona Game and Fish, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and USDA Forest Service, October 1992–June 1994. Total: $10,000.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer and Thomas W. Swetnam
  Extension of the Malpais Long Chronology, El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico. Funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, June 1993–June 1994. Total: $7,035.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer and Harold C. Fritts
  The International Tree-Ring Bata Bank: Enhancements and applications to global change research. Funded by the Climate and Global Change Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, May 1994–May 1995. Total: $43,361.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer and Harold C. Fritts
  The International Tree-Ring Data Bank: Growth and adaptation to the world community. Funded by the Climate and Global Change Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, May 1995–May 1997. Total: $45,000.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer and Thomas W. Swetnam
  Paleoenvironments of west-central New Mexico: Dendroclimatic reconstructions based on long chronologies from El Malpais National Monument. Funded by SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants, Flagstaff, Arizona, January 1996–December 1997. Total: $19,736.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Christopher H. Baisan, and Thomas W. Swetnam
  A multicentury reconstruction of past climate at Great Sand Dunes National Monument, southwestern Colorado. Funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, January 1997–December 1997. Total: $6,500.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Christopher H. Baisan, and Thomas W. Swetnam
  Millennial-length reconstruction of climate for the Middle Rio Grande Basin from tree rings. Funded by the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Middle Rio Grande Project, June 1997–May 1998. Total: $20,000.
   
• James A. Hyatt and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  Environmental monitoring and real-time classroom presentation on the Worldwide Web. Funded by the University System of Georgia, Board of Regents, January 1998–May 1998. Total: $9,350.
   
• David L. Malmquist and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  A dendrographic study of the feasibility of using growth-ring series from Bermuda cedar (Juniperus bermudiana) as a tropical cyclone proxy. Funded by the Bermuda Biological Station for Research, May 1998. Total: $805.
   
• Paul A. Knapp, Peter T. Soulé, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  Historic expansion of western juniper on near-relict sites: a dendroecological approach. Funded by the National Science Foundation, Division of Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research, July 1998–July 2001. Total: $190,500.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  The dendrochronology bibliographic database project: Internationalizing Environmental Geography at VSU. Funded by the Faculty Internationalization Program, Office of International Programs, Valdosta State University, June 2000–July 2000. Total: $2,200.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  Fire history and structural characteristics of forested kipukas in El Malpais National Monument. Funded by the Faculty Development Program, The University of Tennessee, March–July 2001. Total: $4,750.
   
• Kurt Butefish and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  Interactions between humans and the environment: A workshop for the development of earth science lesson plans for grades 9-12. Funded by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, June 2001. Total: $44,390.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  Changes in fire regimes and the successional status of Table Mountain pine (Pinus pungens Lamb.) in the southern Appalachians. Funded by the Joint Fire Science Program, National Interagency Fire Center, August 2001–July 2002. Total: $27,955.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  Assessing anthropogenic changes in fire regimes using relict areas in El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico. Funded by the Joint Fire Science Program, National Interagency Fire Center, August 2001–July 2002. Total: $29,910.
   
• Charles W. Lafon and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  Fire regimes and successional dynamics of Appalachian yellow pine (Pinus) stands in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests. Funded by the Joint Fire Science Program, National Interagency Fire Center, July 2003–June 2006. Total: $280,650.
   
• Connie A. Woodhouse, Peter M. Brown, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Emily K. Heyerdahl, Thomas W. Swetnam, and Cathy Whitlock
  Development of a multiproxy paleofire database. Funded by the Climate Change Data and Detection Program and the Environmental Services Data and Information Management Program, Office of Global Programs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, June 2003–May 2006. Total: $274,346.
   
• Kenneth H. Orvis, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, and Sally P. Horn
  Establishing a multi-century annual-resolution climate record from the northeastern Caribbean. Funded by the Geography and Regional Science Program, National Science Foundation. June 2003–May 2006. Total: $153,072.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer and Claudia I. Mora
  Oxygen isotope compositions of tree-ring cellulose as a new, high resolution proxy record of hurricane activity. Funded by the Geography and Regional Science Program, National Science Foundation. June 2003–May 2006. Total: $150,000.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  The dendroarchaeology of structures at the Rocky Mount Historic Site, Piney Flats, Tennessee. Funded by the Tennessee Historical Commission, August 2003–December 2004. Total: $12,500.
  
  
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  Fire history and forest stand dynamics of the Narrows Preserve, Peters Mountain, Virginia. Funded by The Nature Conservancy, May 2005–April 2006. Total: $20,000.
  
  
• Saskia van de Gevel and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  Landscape level dynamics in an endangered mountain ecosystem, northern Rocky Mountains, USA. Funded by the Geography and Regional Science Program, National Science Foundation, March 2005–February 2007, $9,989.
  
  
• Georgina G. DeWeese and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  Range of variability in fire regimes of Table Mountain pine (Pinus pungens Lamb.) stands, Jefferson National Forest, Virginia. Funded by the Geography and Regional Science Program, National Science Foundation, March 2005–February 2007, $4,402.
  
  
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  The dendroarchaeology of structures at the Marble Springs Historic Site, Knoxville, Tennessee. Funded by the Tennessee Historical Commission, August 2005–December 2006, $12,500.
  
  
• James H. Speer, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, and Peter M. Brown
  A professional development workshop in dendrochronology: the North American Dendroecological Fieldweek (NADEF). Funded by the Geography and Regional Science Program, National Science Foundation, June 2006–August 2010, $60,000.
  
  
• Sally P. Horn and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  Soil charcoal evidence of long-term fire history in table mountain pine stands in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Carlos C. Campbell Memorial Fellowship, June 2006–June 2007, $3,750.
  
  
• David F. Mann and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  Treeline responses to climate change in high-elevation landscapes of western Montana. Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Program, Geography and Regional Science, National Science Foundation, March 2005–February 2007, $6,884.
  
  

• Evan R. Larson, Kurt F. Kipfmueller, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  Fire regimes, forest succession, and the varying effects of fire  suppression across the central range of whitebark pine. Funded by the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Program, Geography and Regional Science, National Science Foundation, $11,991.
  
  

• Justin L. Hart and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  A multi-scale analysis of disturbance dynamics in hardwood forest communities on the Cumberland Plateau, USA. Funded by the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Program, Geography and Regional Science, National Science Foundation, July 2006–June 2008, $10,009.
  
  

• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  Further analyses on the dendroarchaeology of structures at the Rocky Mount Historic Site, Piney Flats, Tennessee. Funded by the Tennessee Historical Commission, August 2006–December 2007. Total: $8,356.
  
  

• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Charles W. Lafon, and Sally P. Horn
  Fire regimes of the southern Appalachian Mountains: Temporal and spatial variability over multiple scales and implications for ecosystem management. Funded by the National Interagency Fire Center, Joint Fire Science Program, August 2006–July 2009, $300,000.

• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  1988. Tree rings of shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata Mill.) as indicators of past climatic variability in north central Georgia. M.A. thesis, The University of Georgia. 130 pp.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer and David R. Butler
  1988. Tree-ring analysis: A bibliography with special emphasis on applications in physical geography. Aids to Geographic Research 7, Department of Geography, The University of Georgia. 176 pp.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, M. Shawn Rosenberger, and David R. Butler
  1989. Climatic response in tree rings of loblolly pine from north Georgia. Physical Geography 10(1): 32-43.
   
• David J. Travis, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, and Phillip W. Suckling
  1989. The impact of ice storms on tree-ring widths for loblolly pine in northern Georgia, U.S.A. Proceedings, Sixth Conference on Applied Climatology, American Meteorological Society: J38-J40.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer and David R. Butler
  1993. Effects of climate on growth of shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata Mill.) in northern Georgia: A dendroclimatic study. Southeastern Geographer 33(1): 65-81.
   
• David K. Yamaguchi and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  1993. Resolving volcanic activity of 20 Ma ago with relative accuracy of 1 year from tree rings of petrified wood: Comment. Geophysical Research Letters 20: 2279-2280.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  1993. An updated list of species used in tree-ring research. Tree-Ring Bulletin 53: 17-43.
   
• Elaine K. Sutherland, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Connie A. Woodhouse, W. Wallace Covington, Sally P. Horn, Laurie Huckaby, Richard Kerr, John Kush, Margaret Moore, and Tim Plumb
  1993. Two centuries of fire in a southwestern Virginia Pinus pungens community. Hypertext Proceedings, IUFRO Conference on Inventory and Management in the Context of Catastrophic Events, 21-24 June 1993, University Park, Pennsylvania.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Christopher H. Baisan, and Thomas W. Swetnam
  1995. Fire history in the Pinaleño Mountains of southern Arizona: Effects of human-related disturbances. In L.F. Debano, G.J. Gottfried, R.H. Hamre, C.B. Edminster, P.F. Ffolliott, and A. Ortega-Rubio, eds., Biodiversity and Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands of Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico. Ft. Collins, CO: USDA Forest Service, General Technical Report RM-GTR-264: 399-407.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer and Thomas W. Swetnam
  1995. Effects of habitat diversity on fire regimes of El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico. In J.K. Brown, R.W. Mutch, C.W. Spoon, and R.H. Wakimoto, eds., Proceedings: Symposium on Fire in Wilderness and Park Management, 1993 March 30-April 1, Missoula, Montana. Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service, General Technical Report INT-GTR-320: 195-200.
   
• Ramzi Touchan, Thomas W. Swetnam, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  1995. Effects of livestock grazing on pre-settlement fire regimes in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico. In J.K. Brown, R.W. Mutch, C.W. Spoon, and R.H. Wakimoto, eds., Proceedings: Symposium on Fire in Wilderness and Park Management, 1993 March 30-April 1, Missoula, Montana. Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service, General Technical Report INT-GTR-320: 268-272.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer and Harold C. Fritts
  1995. Dendroclimatology and dendroecology in the Pinaleño Mountains. In R. Hoffman and C. Istock, eds., Storm over a Mountain Island: Conservation Biology and the Mount Graham Affair. Tucson, The University of Arizona Press: 100-120.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  1995. Tree-ring reconstructions of climate and fire history at El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico. Ph.D. dissertation, The University of Arizona, Tucson. 407 pp.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  1996. A 2129 year annual reconstruction of precipitation for northwestern New Mexico, USA. In J.S. Dean, D.M. Meko, and T.W. Swetnam, eds., Tree Rings, Environment, and Humanity. Radiocarbon 1996, Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson: 191-204.
   
• Mariette T. Seklecki, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, and Thomas W. Swetnam
  1996. Fire history and the possible role of Apache-set fires in the Chiricahua Mountains, southeastern Arizona. In P.F. Ffolliott, L.F. DeBano, M.B. Baker, G.J. Gottfried, G. Solis-Garza, C.B. Edminster, D.G. Neary, L.S. Allen, and R. Hamre, tech. coord., Effects of Fire on the Madrean Province Ecosystems. Ft. Collins, CO: USDA Forest Service, General Technical Report RM-GTR-289: 238-246.
   
• Mark Kaib, Christopher H. Baisan, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, and Thomas W. Swetnam
  1996. Fire history in the gallery pine-oak forests and adjacent grasslands of the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona. In P.F. Ffolliott, L.F. DeBano, M.B. Baker, G.J. Gottfried, G. Solis-Garza, C.B. Edminster, D.G. Neary, L.S. Allen, and R. Hamre, tech. coord., Effects of Fire on the Madrean Province Ecosystems. Ft. Collins, CO: USDA Forest Service, General Technical Report RM-GTR-289: 253-264.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer and Harold C. Fritts
  1997. The International Tree-Ring Data Bank: An enhanced global database serving the global scientific community. The Holocene 7(2): 235-238.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  1997. Computer-assisted, independent observer verification of tree-ring measurements. Tree-Ring Bulletin 54: 29-41.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Thomas W. Swetnam, and Rex K. Adams
  1997. The rare, old-aged conifers of El Malpais—Their role in understanding climatic change in the American Southwest. In K. Mabery, ed., The Natural History of El Malpais National Monument. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Bulletin 156: 155-161.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer and Thomas W. Swetnam
  1997. A multi-century history of wildfire in the ponderosa pine forests of El Malpais National Monument. In K. Mabery, ed., The Natural History of El Malpais National Monument. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Bulletin 156: 163-171.
   
• Margarita M. Chernavskaya, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Alexander N. Krenke, and Andrey V. Pushkin
  1999. Pinus tropicalis growth response to seasonal precipitation changes in western Cuba. In R. Wimmer, ed., Tree-Ring Analysis—Recent Advances and Applications. CAB International: 185-190.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  1999. Modeling fire interval data from the American Southwest with the Weibull distribution. International Journal of Wildland Fire 9(1): 37-50.
   
• David W. Stahle, Edward R. Cook, Malcolm K. Cleaveland, Matthew D. Therrell, David M. Meko, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Emma Watson, and Brian H. Luckman
  2000. Tree-ring data document 16th century megadrought over North America. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 81(12): 121, 125.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer and Thomas W. Swetnam
  2000. Century-scale climate forcing of fire regimes in the American Southwest. The Holocene 10(2): 207-214.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Harry C. Blount, and Alison C. Miller
  2001. Tree-ring dating and the ethnohistory of the naval stores industry in southern Georgia. Tree-Ring Research 57(1): 3-13.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2001. FHX2—Software for analyzing temporal and spatial patterns in fire regimes from tree rings. Tree-Ring Research 57(1): 115-124.
   
• Paul A. Knapp, Peter T. Soulé, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2002. Post drought growth responses of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis var. occidentalis) in central Oregon. Geophysical Research Letters 28(13): 2657-2660.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2001. A familiar ring: An introduction to tree-ring dating. Journal of the Violin Society of America 17(3): 93-116.
   
• Paul A. Knapp, Peter T. Soulé, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2001. Detecting regional effects of increased atmospheric CO2 on growth rates of western junipers. Global Change Biology 7(8): 903-917.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2001. Assessing crossdating accuracy: A manual and tutorial for the computer program COFECHA. Tree-Ring Research 57(2): 205-221.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2002. Dendrochronology. In McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 9th Edition. McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing Group, New York City, New York: 352-356.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Paul R. Sheppard, and Malcolm K. Cleaveland
  2002. Mastering the rings: Dating the ‘Messiah’ Stradivari violin. The Strad 113: 408-415.
   
• Julio L. Betancourt, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Matthew W. Salzer, and Thomas W. Swetnam
  2002. A test of "annual resolution" in stalagmites using tree rings. Quaternary Research 58(2): 197-199.
   
• Paul A. Knapp, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, and Peter T. Soulé
  2002. Climatic regionalization and the spatio-temporal occurrence of extreme single-year drought events (1500-1998) in the interior Pacific Northwest, USA. Quaternary Research 58(3): 226–233.
   
• Kenneth H. Orvis and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2002. Standardizing the reporting of abrasive papers used to surface tree-ring samples. Tree-Ring Research 58(1/2): 47-50.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Paul R. Sheppard, and Malcolm K. Cleaveland
  2002. Dendrochronological dating of musical instruments — a re-evaluation: Part 1 and Part 2. Journal of the Violin Society of America 18(2): 127–174.
   
• Peter T. Soulé, Paul A. Knapp, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2003. Comparative rates of western juniper afforestation in south-central Oregon and the role of anthropogenic disturbance.  Professional Geographer 55(1): 43-55.
   
• Lloyd Burckle and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2003. Stradivari, violins, tree rings, and the Maunder Minimum: a hypothesis. Dendrochronologia21(1): 41-45.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2003. Canons for writing and editing manuscripts. Tree-Ring Research 59(1): 3-10.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2003. A manual and tutorial for the proper use of an increment borer. Tree-Ring Research 59(2): 63-79.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Paul R. Sheppard, and Malcolm K. Cleaveland
  2004. A dendroarchaeological re-examination of the “Messiah” violin and other instruments attributed to Antonio Stradivari. Journal of Archaeological Science 31(2): 167-174.
   
• Paul A. Knapp, Peter T. Soulé, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2004. Occurrence of sustained droughts in the interior Pacific Northwest (AD 1733–1980) inferred from tree-ring data. Journal of Climate 17(1): 140–150.
   
• Peter T. Soulé, Paul A. Knapp, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2004. Natural disturbance, human agency and the establishment history of western juniper during the late Holocene. Ecological Applications 14(1): 96-112.
   
• Michéle Kaennel Dobbertin and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2004. The online bibliography of dendrochronology. Dendrochronologia 21(2): 85-90.
   
• Michéle Kaennel Dobbertin and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2004. Bibliografie und Glossar zur Dendrochronologie: zwei neue Informationsquellen für die Jahrringforschung. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen 155(6): 238-240.
   
• James H. Speer, Kenneth H. Orvis, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Sally P. Horn, and Lisa M. Kennedy
  2004. Assessing the dendrochronological potential of Pinus occidentalis Swartz in the Cordillera Central of the Dominican Republic. Holocene 14(4): 561-567.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, William H. Romme, M. Lisa Floyd, and David Hanna
  2004. Climatic and human influences on fire regimes in the southern San Juan Mountains, Colorado, USA. Ecology 85(6): 1708-1724.
   
• Jean M. Huffman, William J. Platt, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, and Carla J. Boyce
  2004. Fire history of slash pine savannas on a north Florida barrier island. Natural Areas Journal 24(3): 258–268.
   
• Georgina DeWeese Wight and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2004. Dendrochronological dating of an Antebellum Period house, Forsyth County, Georgia, U.S.A. Tree-Ring Research 60(2): 91–99.
   
• Michéle Kaennel Dobbertin and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2004. The Bibliography of Dendrochronology and the Glossary of Dendrochronology: two new online tools for tree-ring research. Tree-Ring Research 60(2): 101-104.
   
• Richard Z. Poore, Milan J. Pavich, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2005. Record of the North American Southwest monsoon from Gulf of Mexico sediment cores. Geology 33(3): 209-212.
   
• Charles W. Lafon, Jennifer A. Hoss, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2005. The contemporary fire regime of the central Appalachian Mountains and its relation to climate. Physical Geography 26: 126-146.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Georgina G. DeWeese, and Dustin A. Williams
  2005. Tree-ring dating of the Karr-Koussevitzky double bass: A case study in dendromusicology. Tree-Ring Research 61(2): 77-86.
   
• Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Michael N. Evans, Alexey Kaplan, Eugene A. Vaganov, Malcolm K. Hughes, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, and Mark A. Cane
  2006. Forward modeling of regional-scale tree-ring patterns in the southeastern United States and the recent influence of summer drought. Geophysical Research Letters 33, L04705, doi:10.1029/2005GL025050.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Christopher M. Gentry, Steven Q. Croy, John Hiatt, Ben Osborne, Amanda Stan, and Georgina D. Wight
  2006. Fire history of western Montana forested landscapes via tree-ring analyses. Indiana State University, Department of Geography, Geology, and Anthropology, Professional Paper Series 23: 47-56.
   
• James H. Speer, Peter M. Brown, Paul J. Krusic, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2006. Professional fieldweeks as an educational experience and a venue for explorative research: Case study of the North American Dendroecological Fieldweek. Indiana State University, Department of Geography, Geology, and Anthropology, Professional Paper Series 23: 3-14.
   
• Claudia I. Mora, Dana L. Miller, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2006. Tempest in a tree ring: Paleotempestology and the record of past hurricanes. The Sedimentary Record 4(3): 4-8.
   
• Dana L. Miller, Claudia I. Mora, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Cary J. Mock, Maria E. Uhle, and Zachary D. Sharp
  2006. Tree-ring oxygen isotope records of tropical cyclone activity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103(39): 14294–14297.
   
• Madhavi Z. Martin, Stan D. Wullschleger, Arpad A. Vass, Rodger C. Martin, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2006. High resolution laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy used in homeland security and forensic applications. In A. N. Singh, ed. Proceedings, Conference on Future Trends in Spectroscopy: Applications to National Security. Bulletin of the Laser and Spectroscopy Society of India 14: 23–35.
   
• Charles W. Lafon, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2007. Spatial patterns of fire occurrence in the central Appalachian Mountains. Physical Geography 28(1): 1-20.
   
• Claudia I. Mora, Dana L. Miller, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2007. Oxygen isotope proxies in tree ring cellulose: Tropical cyclones, drought and climate oscillations. In T. Dawson and R. Siegwolf, eds., Isotopes as Tracers of Ecological Change. Elsevier Press, San Diego: 63-75.
   
• Henri D. Grissino-Mayer and Saskia L. van de Gevel
  2007. Tell-tale trees: Historical dendroarchaeology of log structures at the Rocky Mount site, Piney Flats, Tennessee. Historical Archaeology 41(4): 30-47.
   
• Stacy L. Clark, Sunshine L. Brosi, Scott E. Schlarbaum, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2008. Dendrochronology of two butternut (Juglans cinerea) populations in the Southeastern United States: Implications for restoration. Forest Ecology and Management 255: 1772-1780.
   
• Justin L. Hart and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  2008. Vegetation patterns and dendroecology of a mixed hardwood forest on the Cumberland Plateau: Implications for stand development. Forest Ecology and Management 255: 1960-1975.
   
• Georgina G. DeWeese, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, and Nina Lam
  2008. Historic land-use/land-cover changes in a bottomland hardwood forest, Bayou Fountain, Louisiana. Physical Geographer 28(4): 345-359.

MANUSCRIPTS ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION

• David F. Mann, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Charles H. Faulkner, and John B. Rehder
  In press. From blockhouse to hog house: Historical dendroarchaeology of the Swaggerty Blockhouse, Cocke County, Tennessee. Tree-Ring Research.
   

• Jessica D. Slayton, Maggie R. Stevens, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, and Charles H. Faulkner
  In press. The historical dendroarchaeology of two log structures at the Marble Springs Historic Site, Knox County, Tennessee. Tree-Ring Research.
   

• Joseph P. Henderson, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Saskia L. van de Gevel, and Justin L. Hart
  In press. The historical dendroarchaeology of the Hoskins House, Tannenbaum Historic Park, Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.A. Tree-Ring Research.
   

• Saskia L. van de Gevel, Justin L. Hart, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, and Kenneth W. Robinson
  In press. Tree-ring dating of old-growth longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) logs from an exposed timber crib dam, Hope Mills, North Carolina, U.S.A. Tree-Ring Research.
   
• Sarah A. Blankenship, Meta G. Pike, Georgina G. DeWeese, Saskia L. van de Gevel, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  In press. The dendroarchaeology of Cagle Saltpetre Cave: A nineteenth century saltpeter mining site in Van Buren County, Tennessee. Tree-Ring Research.
   
• Justin L. Hart, Saskia L. van de Gevel, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  In press. Land use and forest dynamics in a natural area of the southern Ridge and Valley. Natural Areas Journal.
   
• Justin L. Hart and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  In press. Gap-scale disturbance processes in secondary hardwood stands on the Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee. Plant Ecology.
   
• Joseph P. Henderson and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  In press. Climate-tree growth relationships of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) in the southeastern coastal plain, U.S.A. Dendrochronologia.
  
  

• Thomas W. Swetnam, Christopher H. Baisan, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  In press. Tree-ring perspectives on fire regimes and forest dynamics in mixed-conifer and spruce-fir forests on Mount Graham. In H.R. Sanderson and J.L. Koprowski, technical editors, Ecology of the Mt. Graham Red Squirrel and Its Last Refuge. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press.

• Evan R. Larson, Saskia L. van de Gevel, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
  In review. Variability in fire regimes of high-elevation whitebark pine communities, Montana, U.S.A. Submitted to Forest Ecology and Management.
   

• Serena R. Aldrich, Charles W. Lafon, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Georgina G. Deweese, and Jennifer A. Hoss
  In preparation. Three centuries of fire in pine-oak stands on a central Appalachian landscape. To be submitted to Canadian Journal of Forest Research.
   

• Daniel B. Lewis, Whitney L. Kocis, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, and Edward R. Cook
  In preparation. Dendrochronological dating of eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana L.) logs from Alfred’s Cabin, The Hermitage, Home of President Andrew Jackson. To be submitted to Tree-Ring Research.
   

• Shannon D. Koerner, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, and Lynne P. Sullivan
  In preparation. A dendroarchaeological approach to Mississippian culture occupational
  history. To be submitted to Tree-Ring Research.
   

• David W. Stahle, Malcolm K. Cleaveland, Matthew D. Therrell, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, R. Daniel Griffin, and Falko K. Fye
  In preparation. Winter and summer precipitation reconstructions over New Mexico for 2100 years. To be submitted to Journal of Climate.
   

• James H. Speer, Kenneth H. Orvis, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, and Cathryn H. Greenberg.
  In preparation. Climate response of five oak species in the eastern deciduous forest of the southern Appalachian Mountains. To be submitted to Canadian Journal of Forest Research.
   

• Jennifer A. Hoss, Charles W. Lafon, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, and Georgina G. DeWeese
  In preparation. Fire history of an Appalachian Mountain landscape with oak-pine forests and an endemic, fire-dependent herb. To be submitted to Natural Areas Journal.

Constructed with much sweat by Dr. Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Department of Geography, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37996 U.S.A. All graphics and text on these pages © 1994-2008 by Henri D. Grissino-Mayer. All rights reserved. If you use any material or information from these copyrighted web pages when making your own, I expect an acknowledgment. Thanks to the University of Georgia, University of Arizona, Valdosta State University, and the University of Tennessee, to Leonard Miller, and especially to Rex Adams. No animals were harmed in the making of these web pages, although I had a nasty incident with a platypus.

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